AKROTIRI, Cyprus, March 2 (Reuters) – A drone strike hit Britain’s Royal Air Force base of Akrotiri in Cyprus overnight, causing limited damage and no casualties, the island’s president and Britain’s defence ministry said on Monday. The first attack on the British military facility since a rocket attack by Libyan militants in 1986, the incident...
JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV/DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) – Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran on Sunday and Iran responded with more missile barrages, a day after the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pitched the Middle East and the global economy into deepening uncertainty. U.S. and Israeli strikes – and Iranian retaliation – sent...
UK’s Starmer says US can use British bases for defensive strikes against Iran missilesMarch 1 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday that his country has accepted a U.S. request to use British bases for defensive strikes against Iranian missiles in storage depots or launchers. “The United States has requested permission to...
Reports confirming the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have sparked sharply contrasting reactions inside Iran and among Iranian communities abroad, following what U.S. and Israeli officials described as a major joint military operation late last week. Iranian state media announced early Sunday that Khamenei died after targeted airstrikes struck a heavily secured...
The Incident:Heavy smoke was seen billowing from Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port on Sunday (March 1). According to the Dubai media office, the fire started a day earlier at one of the berths due to debris resulting from an aerial interception. Official Cause:While the initial statement did not specify the source of the interception, this event...
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The United States and Israel carried out military strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting its top leaders and plunging the Middle East into a conflict that President Donald Trump said would end a security threat to the U.S. and give Iranians a chance to topple their rulers. Tehran called the...
LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Britain said on Saturday that Iran must never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons and it was ready to defend its interests, following strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran. A government source said Britain had not taken part in the strikes, and that British Prime Minister Keir...
DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Global airlines suspended flights across the Middle East on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, plunging the region into a renewed military confrontation. Flight maps showed the airspace over Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Israel and Bahrain virtually empty as Israel said it struck Iran and the...
WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV/DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting its leadership and plunging the Middle East into a new conflict that President Donald Trump said would end a security threat to the United States and give Iranians a chance to topple their rulers. The strikes put...
Feb 27 (Reuters) – Bill Clinton told lawmakers on Friday that he “saw nothing that gave me pause” when he spent time with Jeffrey Epstein, as the former president gave closed-door testimony about his relationship with the late sex offender. Clinton’s closed-door appearance before the House of Representatives Oversight Committee marked the first time a...
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